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This documentation explains how to setup a build environment for [[FileZilla 3]] '''for Windows''' and how to compile it under [https://debian.org Debian] using [https://mingw-w64.org/ Mingw-w64]. It will take less time and is more simple than [[Compiling FileZilla 3 under Windows]].
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This documentation explains how to setup a build environment for [[FileZilla 3]] '''for Windows''' and how to compile it under [http://ubuntu.com Ubuntu] or [http://debian.org Debian] using [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ Mingw-w64]. It will take less time and is more simple than [[Compiling FileZilla 3 under Windows]].
  
 
== OS version ==
 
== OS version ==
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Any recent Linux should do the trick. For the sake of simplicity, this guide focuses on Debian(-based) distributions.
 
Any recent Linux should do the trick. For the sake of simplicity, this guide focuses on Debian(-based) distributions.
  
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We strongly recommend to use [http://debian.org Debian '''12''' (Bookworkm)] or later ('''recommended''')
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Known-good Debian(-based) distributions:
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* [http://debian.org Debian '''8''' (Jessie)] or later ('''recommended''')
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* [http://ubuntu.com Ubuntu] 14.04 LTS or later
  
 
== Setting up the build environment ==
 
== Setting up the build environment ==
  
 
As root, execute:
 
As root, execute:
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  dpkg --add-architecture i386
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  dpkg --add-architecture i386 # If using a 64bit distribution ('''64bit is recommended''')
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  apt update
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  apt-get update
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  apt install automake autoconf libtool make gettext lzip xz-utils
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  apt-get install bzip2 ca-certificates gcc gettext lzip m4 mingw-w64 pkg-config wx-common wine wine32
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apt install mingw-w64 pkg-config wx-common wine wine64 wine32 wine-binfmt subversion git
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If you want to work with wxWidgets and FileZilla development sources, also execute this as root:
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apt-get install autoconf libtool subversion
  
 
Back as normal user, execute:
 
Back as normal user, execute:
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mkdir ~/prefix
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  export PATH="$HOME/prefix-win32/bin:$PATH"
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mkdir ~/src
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  export CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/prefix-win32/include"
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  export PATH="$HOME/prefix/bin:$PATH"
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  export LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/prefix-win32/lib"
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  export LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/prefix/lib:$LDFLAGS"
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  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/prefix-win32/lib/pkgconfig"
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  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/prefix/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
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  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 
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export TARGET_HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 
  
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wine reg add HKCU\\Environment /f /v PATH /d "`x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -print-search-dirs | grep ^libraries | sed 's/^libraries: =//' | sed 's/:/;z:/g' | sed 's/^\\//z:\\\\\\\\/' | sed 's/\\//\\\\/g'`"
 
  
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<p style="font-size:150%;color:#ff0000">'''Beware:''' You need to patch your MinGW runtime!</p>
 
<p style="font-size:150%;color:#ff0000">'''Beware:''' You need to patch your MinGW runtime!</p>
 
Note: This does not affect mingw-w64 >= v4.0.6, mingw-w64 v4.0.6 is available in Ubuntu 16.10.
 
Note: This does not affect mingw-w64 >= v4.0.6, mingw-w64 v4.0.6 is available in Ubuntu 16.10.
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Without these patches, FileZilla will not work properly and will fail in obscure ways.
 
Without these patches, FileZilla will not work properly and will fail in obscure ways.
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-->
 
  
 
== GMP ==
 
== GMP ==
  
 
  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  wget https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.3.0.tar.lz
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  wget https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.1.1.tar.lz
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  tar xf gmp-6.3.0.tar.lz
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  tar xvf gmp-6.1.1.tar.lz
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  cd gmp-6.3.0
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  cd gmp-6.1.1
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  CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-fat
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix="$HOME/prefix-win32" --disable-shared --enable-fat
 
  make
 
  make
 
  make install
 
  make install
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  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.9.1.tar.gz
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  wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.3.tar.gz
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  tar xf nettle-3.9.1.tar.gz
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  tar xvf nettle-3.3.tar.gz
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  cd nettle-3.9.1
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  cd nettle-3.3
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  ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-fat
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix="$HOME/prefix-win32" --disable-shared --enable-fat
 
  make
 
  make
 
  make install
 
  make install
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  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  wget https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.8/gnutls-3.8.1.tar.xz
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  wget ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.4/gnutls-3.4.16.tar.xz
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  tar xvf gnutls-3.8.1.tar.xz
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  tar xvf gnutls-3.4.16.tar.xz
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  cd gnutls-3.8.1
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  cd gnutls-3.4.16
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  ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --enable-shared --disable-static --without-p11-kit --with-included-libtasn1 --with-included-unistring --disable-srp-authentication --disable-dtls-srtp-support --disable-heartbeat-support --disable-psk-authentication --disable-anon-authentication --disable-openssl-compatibility --without-tpm --without-brotli --disable-cxx --disable-doc --enable-threads=windows --disable-tools
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix="$HOME/prefix-win32" --disable-shared --with-included-libtasn1 --without-p11-kit --disable-doc --enable-local-libopts
 
  make
 
  make
 
  make install
 
  make install
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# The __declspec(dllimport) is needed for DLLs, but we're linking statically. It thus results in undefined references. Remove it.
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sed -i 's/__declspec(dllimport)//' "$HOME/prefix-win32/include/gnutls/gnutls.h"
  
 
== Compile SQLite ==
 
== Compile SQLite ==
  
 
  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  wget https://sqlite.org/2018/sqlite-autoconf-32600-00.tar.gz
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  wget http://sqlite.org/2016/sqlite-autoconf-3150000.tar.gz
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  tar xvzf sqlite-autoconf-3260000.tar.gz
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  tar xvzf sqlite-autoconf-3150000.tar.gz
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  cd sqlite-autoconf-3260000
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  cd sqlite-autoconf-3150000
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  ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-dynamic-extensions
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix="$HOME/prefix-win32" --disable-shared --disable-dynamic-extensions
 
  make
 
  make
 
  make install
 
  make install
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  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  wget https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-3.09-setup.exe
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  wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-3.0b3-setup.exe
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  wine nsis-3.09-setup.exe /S
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  wine nsis-3.0b3-setup.exe /S
  
 
The above may print a lot of errors and warnings. Ignore them, check for success this way:
 
The above may print a lot of errors and warnings. Ignore them, check for success this way:
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  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  git clone --branch WX_3_0_BRANCH --single-branch https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git wx3
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  wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/3.0.2/wxWidgets-3.0.2.tar.bz2
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  cd wx3
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tar xvjf wxWidgets-3.0.2.tar.bz2
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  ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --enable-shared --disable-static
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  cd wxWidgets-3.0.2
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix="$HOME/prefix-win32" --disable-shared
 
  make
 
  make
 
  make install
 
  make install
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cp $HOME/prefix/lib/wx*.dll $HOME/prefix/bin
 
  
 
== Compile libfilezilla ==
 
== Compile libfilezilla ==
  
 
  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  svn co https://svn.filezilla-project.org/svn/libfilezilla/tags/0.33.0 lfz
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  wget https://download.filezilla-project.org/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.8.0.tar.bz2
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  cd lfz
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  tar xf libfilezilla-0.8.0.tar.bz2
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  autoreconf -i
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  cd libfilezilla-0.8.0
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  ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --enable-shared --disable-static
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix="$HOME/prefix-win32" --disable-shared
 
  make
 
  make
 
  make install
 
  make install
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== Compile Boost Regex ==
 
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cd ~/src
 
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wget https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.85.0/source/boost_1_85_0.tar.bz2
 
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tar xf boost_1_85_0.tar.bz2
 
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cd boost_1_85_0
 
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echo "using gcc :  : x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ ;" > user-config.jam
 
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./bootstrap-sh
 
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./b2 --user-config=./user-config.jam --build-type=minimal --with-regex --prefix=$HOME/prefix install
 
  
 
== Compile FileZilla ==
 
== Compile FileZilla ==
  
 
  cd ~/src
 
  cd ~/src
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  svn co https://svn.filezilla-project.org/svn/FileZilla3/tags/3.56.0/ fz
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  wget http://download.filezilla-project.org/client/FileZilla_3.22.2_src.tar.bz2
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  cd fz
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  tar xvjf FileZilla_3.22.2_src.tar.bz2
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  autoreconf -i
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  cd filezilla-3.22.2
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  ./configure --host=$TARGET_HOST --prefix="$HOME/prefix" --enable-shared --disable-static --with-pugixml=builtin
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  ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --with-pugixml=builtin LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 
  make
 
  make
 
  # strip debug symbols
 
  # strip debug symbols
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  $TARGET_HOST-strip src/interface/.libs/filezilla.exe
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  i686-w64-mingw32-strip src/interface/.libs/filezilla.exe
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  $TARGET_HOST-strip src/putty/.libs/fzsftp.exe
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  i686-w64-mingw32-strip src/putty/.libs/fzsftp.exe
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  $TARGET_HOST-strip src/putty/.libs/fzputtygen.exe
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  i686-w64-mingw32-strip src/putty/.libs/fzputtygen.exe
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  $TARGET_HOST-strip src/fzshellext/64/.libs/libfzshellext-0.dll
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  i686-w64-mingw32-strip src/fzshellext/64/.libs/libfzshellext-0.dll
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  $TARGET_HOST-strip src/fzshellext/32/.libs/libfzshellext-0.dll
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  i686-w64-mingw32-strip src/fzshellext/32/.libs/libfzshellext-0.dll
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$TARGET_HOST-strip data/dlls/*.dll
 
 
  cd data
 
  cd data
 
  wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/NSIS/makensis.exe" install.nsi
 
  wine "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/NSIS/makensis.exe" install.nsi
  
 
Voila, there's now FileZilla_3_setup.exe in the current directory.
 
Voila, there's now FileZilla_3_setup.exe in the current directory.

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